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Humanities

A photo of President Trump's budget.

Research

What’s the Future of Student Financial Aid?

February 12, 2020

BU Poli Sci professor Spencer Piston delivers a talk called Who Built America in response to a talk by conservative figurehead, Ben Shapiro.

Politics

A Response to Ben Shapiro’s Talk at BU Last Month

December 9, 2019

A student stands at a podium in class acting as president of revolutionary France’s 1791 National Assembly

Education

Listen to a Lecture about Revolution? Why Not Play a Revolutionary in Class?

December 2, 2019

Illustration of a carrot dangling on a string

Politics

We Say Quid Pro Quo a Lot. But What Does It Mean?

October 29, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

Film

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

Chris Stokum (GRS’21) (left) and Red Sox team historian Gordon Edes at Fenway Park

Red Sox

A PhD in the Humanities? It’s Not Just for Teaching Anymore

January 29, 2019

Breaking Bad character Walter White sits in a recliner with his family wife Skylar and son Walt Jr. in the background.

University News

Breaking Bad Director Gives CAS Class the Inside Dope

November 30, 2018

Professor Elie Wiesel sits talking with his teaching assistant, Ariel Burger.

Books

Witness to Lessons of Elie Wiesel

November 12, 2018

Center for the Humanities panel on Humanities Approaches to the Opioid Crisis

Addiction

Changing the Narrative on Opioids

October 15, 2018

Student researcher Elizabeth Hannigan working with archaeological artifacts found in the Maya city of Xultún

Arts & Culture

Examining a Woman’s Role—1,300 Years Ago

July 5, 2018

Déanna Clarke-Campbell (CAS’21) performs

Music

Hamilton Music Gets an Infusion of New Voices

April 30, 2018

Louis Chude-Sokei

University News

Louis Chude-Sokei Wants African American Studies Program to Be a Central Place

April 26, 2018

Nicole Rizzo (CAS'18) directs actors at a recent performance.

Arts & Culture

A Performance at the Intersection of Theater and Activism

April 24, 2018

University News

60 Seconds of Blackness

February 21, 2018

Timothy Longman with youth from Kabarondo, a village in the Eastern Province of Rwanda

African Studies

Telling the Truth about Rwanda

January 31, 2018

Science & Technology

Office Artifacts: John Marston

January 24, 2018

Jodi Cranston, Professor of Renaissance art at Boston University and founder of historical art research website mappingpaintings.org

Arts & Culture

Hidden Stories behind Art Masterpieces

November 1, 2017

1) Fallou Ngom, a CAS professor of anthropology and director of the African Studies Center, with Amadou Ndiaye, an Ajami and Arabic bookseller in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Photo courtesy of Ablaye Diakité

African Studies

Libraries and Archives Meet the Digital Age

October 5, 2017

Natalie McKnight

Research

Please, Sir, I Want Some More Textual Analysis

July 14, 2017

Clarinda Blais teaches philosophy at the Women's Lunch Place homeless shelter via the Free Philosophy Project program

Aid

Teaching Philosophy to the Homeless

July 10, 2017

Teaching Philosophy to the Homeless